Making Sense of Health in PE: Conceptions of Health among Swedish Physical Education Teachers

Autor/inn/en	Korp, Peter; Quennerstedt, Mikael; Barker, Dean; Johansson, Anna
Titel	Making Sense of Health in PE: Conceptions of Health among Swedish Physical Education Teachers
Quelle	In: Health Education, 123 (2023) 2, S.79-92 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Korp, Peter) ORCID (Quennerstedt, Mikael)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0965-4283
DOI	10.1108/HE-11-2022-0086
Schlagwörter	Physical Education; Physical Education Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Teaching Methods; Grade 7; Grade 8; Grade 9; Physical Fitness; Well Being; Obesity; Social Bias; Holistic Approach; Foreign Countries; Health; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Physical education; Physical training; Teacher; Teachers; Sportlehrer; Lehrerverhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Leistungsfähigkeit; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Adipositas; Holistischer Ansatz; Ausland; Gesundheit; Schweden
Abstract	Purpose: Over the last couple of decades, health has become a central part of the subject content in physical education (PE) curricula in many countries. As a result, issues of health have been foregrounded much more clearly in the teaching of PE. The aim of this study was to explore how Swedish PE teachers make sense of health in relation to their teaching practices. This was done through investigating conceptions and theories about health in the teachers' descriptions of their teaching practices. Design/methodology/approach: The data analyzed in this paper were collected through focus group and individual interviews with PE teachers in the grades 7-9 within compulsory schools in Sweden. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Findings: Four dominant themes were identified in the data: (1) health as a healthy attitude; (2) health as a functional ability; (3) health as fitness; (4) health as mental wellbeing. There is a clear impact from healthism and obesity discourses on the teachers' accounts of health, but there is also an impact from holistic views and approaches to health. The authors contend that teachers should be explicit in what they mean by health in relation to what they teach, how they teach and why they teach health in a certain way. Originality/value: The knowledge produced by this study is crucial since teachers' assumptions regarding health affect the subject content (what), the pedagogies (how), as well as the reasons (why) they teach health and therefore what students learn regarding health. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01